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South West Four Weekender vuelve a Clapham Common con un fabuloso programa

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South West Four Weekender es el mayor, más establecido y querido evento urbano de danza del Reino Unido. Este año vuelve a Clapham Common con un programa todavía mayor y más prolífico a lo largo de dos días durante el fin de semana festivo de agosto.

Habrá actuaciones en ocho escenarios de los mejores DJ del mundo con actuaciones de baile incomparables y los mayores sistemas de sonido, luz y efectos visuales de alta tecnología. El enorme e impresionante programa del 2012 incluye Chase y Status en directo, Carl Cox – en exclusiva del festival del Reino Unido para el 2012 – Knife Party, Benny Benassi, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez – incluido en otro festival del Reino Unido para el 2012 – Paul Van Dyk, John Digweed, Andy C live, Pete Tong, Maya Jane Coles, Sasha, 2 Many DJs, Simian Mobile Disco, Skream & Benga y Public Enemy en directo – parte del tour mundial del 25 aniversario, también en exclusiva para el festival del verano del Reino Unido.

No hay instalaciones de camping en Clapham Common por lo que LondonTown.com aconseja a los asistentes al festival reservar hoteles en Londres anticipadamente.LondonTown.com cuenta con los hoteles a mejor precio cerca de Clapham Common para el 25 y 26 de agosto.

La primera elección es el Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth. Este hotel de tres estrellas está disponible a 62 libras la habitación por noche gracias a un descuento exclusivo del 80% obtenido por LondonTown.com. Este hotel de mediana categoría es básico pero frece toda la comodidad posible para una buena estancia, incluida la posibilidad para que los asistentes al festival se refresquen y recarguen las pilas para disfrutar de la segunda ronda del segundo día del South West Four Weekender.

Más hacia Londres está el Comfort Inn Vauxhall Hotel que es de estilo y calidad similar al Holiday Inn. Este moderno hotel también tiene tres estrellas y está disponible desde 82 libras la habitación por noche, disfrutando así de un descuento del 67%.

Ambos hoteles ofrecen la posibilidad de salir tarde el último día, hasta las 11 am, algo muy práctico para aquellos que se hayan acostado tarde.

Entertainment, Internet & Online, Society, Travel

El carnaval de Notting Hill garantizará exuberancia en el 2012

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El carnaval de Notting Hill es el más grande de Europa y además del más establecido, y como el 2012 ya de por sí es un año especial para Londres se rumorea que las celebraciones de este año van a ser súper espectaculares.

LondonTown.com, la web número uno para todo lo relacionado con Londres, ha conseguido que los especialistas de alojamiento de Notting Hill colaboren con su exclusivo HotelMapde Londres para así ofrecer fabulosos hoteles en Londres a bajos precios.

Encontrar un lugar para alojarse puede ser un factor importante para disfrutar del fin de semana del carnaval de NottingHill; esta zona siempre está muy concurrida y la mejor forma de llegar al carnaval es caminando. LondonTown.com informa que este año se espera todavía más gente que el millón de visitantes de otros años durante el fin de semana del festivo de agosto.

Así que LondonTown.com ofrece un descuento del 78% en hoteles como elAbbeyCourtNotting Hill, donde la habitación doble con cama de matrimonio o dos individuales cuesta tan solo 89 libras la noche. Desde este hotel se puede pasear hasta el centro del carnaval en tan solo diez minutos con solo tomar Pembridge Villas o bajar por Portobello Road. El cercano Hilton London Kensington Hotel ofrece un enorme descuento del 79% con lo que el precio de las habitaciones dobles comienza a tan solo 79 libras.

Y como en el 2012 todas las miradas están puestas en Londres, se ha comentado que los visitantes disfrutarán de algo muy especial en los desfiles y con la música. Habrá actuaciones musicales de clásicos como King Tubby’syGaz’sRockin’ Blues que seguro que sorprenden con artistas invitados en este año de Londres.

Y aunque el programa no se da a conocer hasta el último minuto, se rumorea que el tamaño y diseño de las carrozas y disfraces será espectacular en el desfile del festivo lunes 27 de agosto.

Todo esto es prueba viva de que los residentes de Londres y sus fiestas tienen tanto que ofrecer como las mismísimas Olimpiadas. Y como representante de los amantes de Londres, LondonTown.com facilita que todos disfruten de la fiesta favorita de esta especial ciudad.

Business, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Management, Marketing, Media, Retail, Social Media, Society, Software, Sports, Technology

SportsMark selects WinMagic Encryption technology to protect critical data at London 2012 Olympic Games

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WinMagic Inc., the global innovator in disk encryption, today announced SportsMark has chosen WinMagic’s SecureDoc data security and encryption software to protect sensitive corporate hospitality program data for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Of the many events SportsMark will be involved in this year, including Super Bowl, The Masters, and the America’s Cup World Series, the London 2012 Olympic Games will be a pinnacle event. SportsMark has been preparing for this momentous event for over four years, working side by side with its clients to create unparalleled guest experiences and optimize their brand building and sales objectives. SportsMark’s clients will host more than 45,000 guests throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, working with a staff of over 1,000 and managing tens of thousands of Olympic event tickets on behalf of their 15 clients.

“We’ve been working with SportsMark for quite some time and we’re very pleased that they selected SecureDoc as their data encryption solution to protect the personal information of all the guests they’ll be hosting during the London 2012 Olympic Games,” said Mark Hickman, worldwide vice-president of sales at WinMagic Inc. “As an existing customer, SportsMark recognized the ease of use and flexibility of SecureDoc and we were more than happy to help ensure this continued for a project of this importance and profile.”

SportsMark’s information services team determined that they required a rapid OS and encryption deployment ready for a highly mobile and diverse workforce to securing log in onto any of their laptops at any of the locations.

“WinMagic SecureDoc was clearly the answer to our requirements,” said Scott Shuemake, systems engineer at SportsMark. “We needed an encryption solution that we could quickly and easily implement, manage centrally and provide all temporary staff with access to all the devices, so we had the flexibility to move staff around the hospitality venues across London, sometimes at short notice.”

SportsMark Group has contracted 1000 temporary hospitality event staff to work for the duration of Olympic and Paralympic Games in more than 15 pop-up offices around central London. These staff will be supplied with rented laptops that require the hard drive to be fully encrypted.

The technical solution consisted of 300 temporary licenses of WinMagic SecureDoc and SecureDoc Enterprise Server to install the SecureDoc packages and provide recovery. SportsMark also utilized WinMagic consultancy services to ensure the smoothest and quickest deployment in the fastest possible timeframe. At the end of the project, SportsMark will take advantage of SecureDoc’s Crypto erase feature to decommission the devices used for the event.

About SecureDoc
SecureDoc is a comprehensive disk encryption and data security product that secures data at rest. It has two main components: the client software used to encrypt and protect data and the server software (SecureDoc Enterprise Server or SES) used to configure, deploy, and manage server encryption for an entire organization.

Armed with a full arsenal of data protection solutions, SecureDoc provides: full disk encryption; file and folder encryption; removable media and removable media container encryption; departmental server encryption; centralized management; Active Directory and LDAP integration, and much more. SecureDoc also makes it easy to centrally manage and use standard drives and self-encrypting drives including TCG OPAL-compliant drives.

SecureDoc uses a FIPS 140-2 level 1 and level 2 certified AES 256-bit cryptographic engine to encrypt data. SecureDoc was the first product in market to introduce network-based pre-boot authentication. This technology, PBConnex, has been recognized throughout the industry as a market leading security solution significantly reducing the total cost of ownership of data encryption. Most recently, WinMagic was awarded Security Magazine’s Innovator of the Year Award in 2011 for SecureDoc and the groundbreaking functionality PBConnex offers.

WinMagic’s SecureDoc data encryption and security solution protects sensitive data stored on desktops, servers as well as portable media such as laptops and removable media including USB thumb drives and CD/DVDs. It is compatible with all editions of Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 as well as Mac OS X Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard and Linux platforms.

About SportsMark Management Group
SportsMark Management Group is an Omnicom-owned global sports marketing, event management, and corporate hospitality company. SportsMark excels in using the live sporting event as a marketing platform to strengthen and grow key business-to-business relationships for their clients.

SportsMark’s vast event and sports industry experience stems from managing global sponsorship activation initiatives and hundreds of corporate hospitality programs at twelve Olympic Games, eight FIFA World Cups, America’s Cup, and other high profile sporting events, including UEFA EURO 2012TM, Rugby World Cup, Super Bowl, The Masters, NCAA Final Four, Ryder Cup, and U.S. Open. SportsMark’s international client portfolio includes adidas, ArcelorMittal, British Airways, CBS Television, Chevron, Cisco, The Hartford, Office Depot, Omega, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Visa, and others.

SportsMark is appointed as the Exclusive Sales Agent of MATCH Hospitality in the USA for the sale of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Official Hospitality Programme. SportsMark is the Official Corporate Hospitality Management Partner and Exclusive Global Sales Agent of the America’s Cup Club Hospitality Program. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 75+ full-time employees and a field staff of over 1000 event professionals, SportsMark has international offices in London and São Paulo. For more information, please visitwww.sportsmark.com.

About WinMagic Inc.
WinMagic Inc. provides the world’s most secure, manageable and easy-to–use data security solutions. WinMagic’s SecureDoc is a comprehensive encryption and security management product that can manage data security across the enterprise. By encrypting entire disks, specific files or folders locally or on the network as well as mobile devices and removable media, SecureDoc secures your data wherever it is stored, providing enterprise grade data security policy and key management across all operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, Android and Linux. SecureDoc is trusted by thousands of enterprises and government organizations worldwide for laptop encryption, device encryption, and a host of other applications. Our solutions help organizations to minimize business risks, meet privacy/regulatory compliance requirements, and protect valuable information assets against unauthorized access. With a full complement of professional and customer services, WinMagic supports over three million SecureDoc users in more than 80 countries.

For more information, please visit www.winmagic.com, call 1-888-879-5879 or e-mail us atinfo@winmagic.com.

WinMagic, SecureDoc, SecureDoc Enterprise Server, Compartmental SecureDoc, SecureDoc PDA, SecureDoc Personal Edition, SecureDoc RME, SecureDoc Removable Media Encryption, SecureDoc Media Viewer, SecureDoc Express, SecureDoc for Mac and SecureDoc Central Database are trademarks and registered trademarks of WinMagic Inc., registered in the US and other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners. © 2011 WinMagic Inc. All rights reserved.

Press Contacts:

Liz Scott
VP, Marketing
WinMagic Inc.
+1 (905) 502-7000 x221
Liz.Scott@winmagic.com

SportsMark Contact:

Joanna Stott
Vice President, Marketing Communications & Brand Development
+1.415.464.4128
joannas@sportsmark.com

Consumer Services, Food & Beverage, Internet & Online, Society

Smoking, Obesity And Lack Of Activity Named As Global Killers

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Research published in leading medical journal The Lancet suggests that a lack of exercise can be as big a killer as obesity and smoking.

According to the study, approximately one third of adults do not do a healthy amount of exercise, and it is suggested that this could be causing 5.3 million deaths worldwide each year – the equivalent of one in ten deaths – from related illnesses such as breast cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Nutritionist Caron Leckie, who works for the UK’s largest provider of chef prepared meals and delivered diets, Diet Chef, comments: “In my experience the weather has a big impact on activity levels, certainly in the UK, and many people use it as an excuse to stay indoors and watch television, rather than getting out and about.

“In addition to this, thousands of our customers have jobs which see them sitting down at a desk for up to nine hours each day. It is logical that this sedentary lifestyle can be conducive to obesity.”

Ms Leckie also added that Diet Chef is “working hard to help people to lose weight with our calorie-controlled diet” and that as a company they are also “working closely with a personal trainer to offer advice and tips on how to move more, no matter what your age, weight or health status.”

It is recommended that adults should do a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week, this equates to just over 20 minutes per day.

According to a report by the BBC, “researchers said the problem was now so bad it should be treated as a pandemic”.

Ms Leckie’s top tips for motivation to exercise include:
1. Add An Activity
2. Try Something Different
3. Find a Positive Each Week
4. Take up a Hobby

Read her full list of tips on the Diet Chef blog.

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Notes to editors

About Diet Chef
Diet Chef provides calorie-controlled diet plans for around 70,000 customers in the UK and Ireland. Dieters are given a helpful hand in their efforts to lose weight, with diet plans intended to ensure they consume on average less than 1,200 calories per day. Diet Chef aims to help dieters lose weight without depriving their taste buds – which is why our meal plans offer a tasty as well as healthy balanced diet allowing dieters to lose weight at a healthy pace. To find out more about how Diet Chef works, visit the website.

Visit the website: www.dietchef.co.uk 
Become a fan of the Diet Chef Facebook page and follow Diet Chef on Twitter

Contact Details: For further information, please contact:
Three Sixty Communications
0207 580 8360
dietchef@360team.co.uk

Consumer Services, Healthcare, Internet & Online, Society

HappyFitMe Womens Health and Fitness Launches

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HappyFitMe Women’s Health and Fitness, the fast and elegant online custom exercise and workout platform, today announced that it has launched its women’s fitness system to the general public.

With its mission of making women’s health and fitness about a sustainable focus on positive movement and happiness,  HappyFitMe.com goes beyond the traditional, fickle barometers of counting calories and inches. A first in the fitness industry, HappyFitMe offers a robust and simple interface allowing women to improve from wherever they are at in their fitness journey and provides inspiration, structure and fun in exercise.

HappyFitMe’s download-free interface lets users workout online from anywhere, and the platform is entirely free of the advertisements that plague other freemium workout solutions.

“HappyFitMe is the one place where everything you need for exercise to be fun and inspirational is tied together beautifully — fun custom workout routines, both step by step and video workouts, tracking and sharing with friends, computer and smart phone accessible – all in perfect harmony,” said Amber Taves, a subscriber to HappyFitMe. “The fact that I have access to a personal trainer as well is icing on the cake.”

HappyFitMe leverages the cloud to support its workout systems, and it’s this advantage that lets them offer a professional grade solution for nearly free.

HappyFitMe’s Key Benefits

  • Fun custom workout routines –  Matched to your ability, no equipment needed. Fresh Video and step by step workout routines.
  • Fitness for your schedule –  All the benefits of exercise to custom fit the time you have.
  • Share with Friends – Achieve goals –  Friends cheer you on, connect through Facebook & Twitter.
  • Personal Trainer –  Your Fitness Coach for support, advice or inspiration!
  • Online Workouts from anywhere –  No software, use any computer or smartphone.

“The big online women’s fitness systems known to most of us are old and tired, crowded by ads and pretend to be experts in everything from recipes to nutrition to exercise, while those offered by new startups don’t have the polish, reliability or features busy women need,” said Tammy Andreotti, president and co-founder, HappyFitMe. “We wanted to offer the most robust yet easy-to-use web fitness solution in the market without the headaches or the unwanted advertisements. Women just love it!”

How to Register for HappyFitMe
HappyFitMe is a fast and simple health and fitness platform made for women at any fitness level, free of charge for 30 days. It takes less than 60 seconds to sign up for an account and you can be starting your workout routines and sharing your fitness journey with friends and family in minutes. Register for a free HappyFitMe trial account at http://www.happyfitme.com/free-fitness-trial/

About HappyFitMe
The company was founded by Tammy and Curtis Andreotti, who were fed up watching women stress out when they didn’t match up to the bikini pictures, goals and ideals of the magazines and books that were steering their fad-driven fitness guidance. After spending two decades as a high performance gymnastics coach, honing her skills in helping young women realize their physical potential, all while building a web software business helping companies work smarter and generating millions in online revenue, the Andreottis set out to build the world’s best online health and fitness platform for women with a vision to make it fast, simple, and efficient. The elegant and inviting  HappyFitMe.com platform was built in the cloud to meet the workout needs of women at any fitness level. For more information about the company visit  www.happyfitme.com

Follow HappyFitMe and become a Fan on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/HappyFitMeWomensHealthandFitness

Follow HappyFitMe Twitter:
http://twitter.com/happyfitme

For more information contact:

Curtis Andreotti
Simple Fit Media Inc.
for HappyFitMe
Email Contact 
(250) 307-7280

Government, Society

Cuts to SNAP Food Program Would Be Devastating for Struggling Older Adults

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This morning, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) joined members of Congress, Feeding America, the Food Research and Action Center, advocates, and representatives from dozens of national organizations to oppose $16 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, (SNAP). NCOA Media Contact: Ken Schwartz, Director of Marketing & Communications, 202-600-3131, ken.schwartz@ncoa.org.

Washington, D.C., USA – July 12, 2012 — This morning, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) joined members of Congress, Feeding America, the Food Research and Action Center, advocates, and representatives from dozens of national organizations to oppose $16 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) included in the proposed House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill reauthorization. The Committee is expected to vote on the legislation tomorrow.

Nearly 3 million older adults receive SNAP, and 80% of them live alone. SNAP makes nutritious food more affordable for these vulnerable seniors, reducing health costs by helping them manage and prevent chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension.

Yet, due to inadequate outreach and enrollment, only 1 in 3 seniors who qualifies for SNAP actually receives this valuable benefit.

“These cuts would be catastrophic for vulnerable older adults and their families,” said NCOA President & CEO Jim Firman. “93% of SNAP benefits go to households below the poverty line, and 76% of SNAP households include an elderly person, child, or disabled person. Taking food out of the mouths of people living at or near the poverty level is unconscionable act, especially when the unemployment rate is so high.”

In addition to keeping individuals safe and well-fed, SNAP is a well-established and efficient way to stimulate local economies. Every $1 worth of SNAP benefits in an eligible recipient’s pocket turns into a $1.73 benefit to local communities via grocery stores, farm stands, or even Wal-Mart. Without SNAP and other federal benefits, millions of vulnerable older adults will be forced to make a grim choice between buying groceries or filling prescriptions; putting food on the table or paying utility bills.

NCOA is encouraging older adults, their families, and caregivers to call on Congress to oppose these drastic cuts. Concerned advocates can call toll-free 1-877-698-8228 today to be connected to their Representative’s office and ask them to vote NO on proposed SNAP cuts in the Farm Bill.

For more information, please visit http://www.ncoa.org/SNAP / http://www.FeedingAmerica.org or http://www.wilcoareatimes.com.

Read this and other NCOA releases at http://www.wilcoareatimes.com. (Category Seniors)

Media Contact:
Gail Duncan
Wilco Area Times
120 Nolan Dr.
Georgetown, TX 78633
512-818-7519
wilcoareatimes@gmail.com
http://www.wilcoareatimes.com

Art, Consumer Services, Education, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Media, Society, Travel

Chris Smith, The Diabetic Chef Joins “Living Well” Diabetes Eduaction Cruise Hosted by Diabetes Daily Post (DDP)

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Novi-based Diabetes Daily Post announces on June 29, 2012 that it has join hands with Chris Smith to educate diabetes patients on nutrition, diet, and diabetes cooking on Royal Caribbean Cruise which sails on January 7, 2013 for a 6 day Caribbean cruise. Other participants are Jorge Prada, MD, an Educator and Diabetes Researcher, Susan Sloane Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator, a member of American Diabetes Association board of director and Charles Liu, Clinical Pharmacist with special interest in Type 2 Diabetes. With Chris Smith’s participatiion, DDP’s education program lands itself as one the most comprehensive and dynamic diabetes education program offered in the North America. The participants will receive a broad and comprehensive education including a diabetes-exercise session and onboard two-mile fun walk for diabetes to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association and go home with usable recipes and cooking methods to control their diabetes better.

 

“Diabetes is a cause for many other metabolic diseases such as heart and vascular diseases and stroke. Complications include loss of eye sight, kidney failure and amputation. Recent study showed a 62% reduction in diabetes-related health care costs if a comprehensive interdisciplinary diabetes education is implemented. Diet control is one of the most important facets in controlling diabetes and this is often neglected or ignored. We are very fortunate to have Chirs onboard to drive home on this point. Chris is known as one of the most caring and talented chef. He educates and motivates: he is completely at home with the subject of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. His passion comes from being a diabetic patient himself.” says Charles Liu R.Ph, MBA, DDP’s Cruise Education Coordinator and spokesman.

The Diabetes Daily Post a/k/a/ www.diabetesdailypost.com based in Novi, Michigan was created in 2011 to educate, enrich, and expand the knowledge of Diabetes. Its goal is to keep you informed about the latest news and drug innovations, provide health tools for diabetes management, motivate with triumph personal stories and talk about key opinion leaders who have worked on the elusive cure for Diabetes. The Diabetes Daily Post offers its “Living Well” Diabetes Education program both on cruises and in major cities.

Chef Chris is a Certified Executive Chef with over 20 years experience in the culinary field. With his focus on healthy cuisine, Chef Chris is an authority on diabetic nutrition and food preparation. He has been featured in TIME Magazine, USA Today, CNN, Web MD, Southern Living magazine. National television appearances include “DLIFE” and “Taking Control of Your Diabetes”. Chris is Novo Nordisk“Diabetes Academy” National tour speaking to both public and corporate audiences on the importance of cooking healthy and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Chef Chris’s cookbook: The Diabetic Chef’s Year Round Cookbook along with Cooking with The Diabetic Chef, are published by The American Diabetes Association. Both cookbooks provide simple tips, cooking techniques and a wide range of easy to prepare recipes the whole family will enjoy!

If you’d like more information about this topic, please consult
www.diabetesdailypost.com Search cruise or click
http://diabetesdailypost.com/type-2-diabetes-travel-tips-how-to-book-a-cabin/

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Society

Center for Productive Longevity Urges People to Shed Negative Stereotypes About Older Age

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Organization Wants People to Embrace the Opportunities that Come with Longer Lives

Boulder, CO, June 20, 2012 – As people continue to live longer and retire earlier, the term “Third-Stage Adulthood” has more relevance than ever before. Referring to people 62-85 years old, this stage of life is chock-full of senior workers who are qualified and ready to continue working after the traditional retirement age of 65 or sooner. This means that there is a large and growing talent pool with experience, expertise, seasoned judgment, and proven performance (referred to by CPL as EESP), to meet the workforce needs of the 21st century.

The concept of “Third-Stage Adulthood” was first conceived in a paper, “The Evolution of Adulthood: A New Stage” co-authored in 2000 by Dr. Elliott Jaques, who conceived the mid-life crisis in 1965, and CPL Founder and CEO William Zinke. Zinke created CPL, which is based in Boulder, Colorado, to stimulate the substantially increased engagement of people 55 and older in productive activities, paid and volunteer, where they are qualified and ready to continue adding value.

Now in 2012, the concept of Third-Stage Adulthood is even more important than when the term was coined. CPL urges everyone to recalibrate their thinking for this new reality because the results could be dire if action isn’t taken. If Baby Boomers are pushed to the sidelines, the nation’s entitlement programs (e.g. Social Security and Medicare) will become unsustainable even sooner than projected. To prevent this crisis, the country should tap the talent pool of retired workers in Third-Stage Adulthood and put their knowledge, skills and abilities to use.

“Embracing ‘Third-Stage Adulthood’ can be a positive life-changer as people enter this next phase,” says William Zinke, 85. “The concept urges society to recognize that older people can continue to add value for significantly longer periods of time and that they should be viewed as individuals, instead of all being lumped under the clichés of being ‘over the hill’ and ‘out of the game.’ The result will be that millions of older people with EESP can continue contributing to, instead of drawing from, the national economy and society.”

CPL subscribes to a concept of adulthood that falls into three stages, described as follows:

First stage of early adulthood (18-40) – the time to build experience and expertise; to decide whether to work in the private, public, or non-profit sectors and perhaps even gain some cross-sector experience; to decide whether to develop a career in a company or to become an entrepreneur; to focus on the development of particular skills and abilities; to build a solid foundation for the next two adult stages.

Second stage of mid-adulthood (40-62) – the time when experience and expertise produce problem- solving capabilities and sound judgment (CPL likes the saying that good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment) and perhaps even the beginnings of wisdom. Any mid-life crises have been traversed and assurance and self-confidence have become more firmly established as a result of learning how to function more effectively. There is also continuing growth and development during this stage.

New-stage of mature adulthood (62-85) – the time when many individuals, although not all (e.g. people who have been engaged primarily in physical labor, who have not maintained a commitment to physical fitness, or who have debilities or disabilities), can continue to be significant contributors. They have had about 40 years to gain experience and expertise, to develop seasoned judgment and proven records of performance and to build their intellectual and social capital. While documented research indicates that cognitive capability may have plateaued for some, the intellectual growth curve continues to move upward for people who have continued to remain productively engaged.

CPL launched the Later-Life Story Contest on June 1 to solicit empowering stories from people 55 and older. The competition has two separate categories: Entrepreneur Success Stories and Inspirational Later-Life Stories. A panel of three independent judges will select one winner from each category who will receive $1,000 and a specially designed trophy. CPL will post the best stories on its website (ctrpl.org) throughout the contest under “Success Stories.” The contest runs through August 31, and winners will be announced on October 1, 2012.

To submit a story, visit www.ctrpl.org/laterlifestorycontest and complete a submission form. Entrants must be at least 55, have a compelling story to share, and be willing to have it posted on the CPL website for viewing and for possible publication. Stories may also be emailed to James Hooks, CPL’s Director of Marketing and Technology, at jhooks@ctrpl.org.

For more information on CPL, the contest and Entrepreneur Success Stories, visit ctrpl.org or Facebook at facebook.com/CTRPL.

Media Contacts:
Jenny Foust or Alicia Hassinger
Communications Strategy Group
303.433.7020
jfoust@csg-pr.com or ahassinger@csg-pr.com

Company Contacts:
William K. Zinke or James R. Hooks
Center for Productive Longevity
303.499.3939
wzinke@ctrpl.org or jhooks@ctrpl.org

About the Center for Productive Longevity:
The mission of CPL is to stimulate the substantially increased engagement of people 55 and older in productive activities, paid and volunteer, where they are qualified and ready to continue adding value. Visit ctrpl.org for more information. Follow us on Facebook at www. facebook.com/CTRPL.

Contact:
Alicia Hassinger
Communications Strategy Group
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303-433-7020
ahassinger@csg-pr.com
http://www.csg-pr.com

Art, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Media, Society

Bollywood in centenary glory, rare Hindi film clips

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Bollywood, one of the largest film production centres in the world, turns hundred years in 2012. To mark this historic occasion, www.indiavideo.org has launched a year-long celebration which will take the viewers to the key moments in the momentous journey of Hindi Cinema. The project is supported by Culture Shoppe, an online cultural gift shop, and Mulamoottil Eye Hospital, a leading super specialty eye hospital.

The special centenary gallery on the website and its YouTube channel www.youtube.com/indiavideodotorghas already become a big hit among Bollywood fans spread across the world.

As part of the centenary fete, www.indiavideo.org is featuring 365 movies carefully chosen to represent the history of Bollywood. Here you could watch some all-time hit movies, some trend setters in story telling and techniques, movies through which some ordinary men and women rose to stardom and many more.

Clippings of the selected movies are presented along with a brief talk on the specialties and historical aspects of the film. The nearly two-minute movie will have the best moments in a film.

The movies were chosen by researcher and columnist Vijay Kumar Balakrishnan who has been exploring Bollywood for the past 40 years. He is also an avid collector of Bollywood posters, gramophone records, song books, vintage films etc. Eminent Kathak dancer and social activist Pali Chandra is the anchor.

“From Dadasaheb Phalke, V Shantaram, Himanshu Rai, Vijay Bhatt, Fateh Lal, Sohrab Modi, Damle, Bimal Roy, Mehboob Khan, Raj Kapoor to G P Sippy, Mahesh Bhatt, Shekhar Kapur, Mira Nair, Aamir Khan, Ram Gopal Varma and Karan Johar, the gallery will introduce personalities who influenced the industry from time to time,” says Vijay Kumar Balakrishnan. “ It has rare and exclusive visuals of old films like Raja Harishchandra, Ayodhya ka Raja, Pukar, Kapal Kundala, Izzat, Doctor, Maya Machindra and the like,” he adds.

The Bollywood centenary gallery of www.indiavideo.org is perhaps the first of its kind online project to preserve the history of a film genre. Visitors are offered free access to the gallery which is a useful resource for academicians and researchers.

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Entertainment, Gaming, Internet & Online, Law, Society

ClaimsHeaven.co.uk Online Game Highlights Issues with Personal Injury Claims Marketing

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Entertaining online consumer siteClaimsHeaven.co.uk has added a new free online game that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the personal injury compensation industry in the UK to their array of claims resources.

If you’ve ever wondered about the personal industry claims market, and whether those adverts promising massive payouts if you have “been injured in an accident at home, at work or on the road” actually encourage a culture where people see being injured as a chance to cash in, then ClaimsHeaven.co.uk has a lot of interesting information and resources that can explain the way this controversial industry works, and help those who need to make genuine compensation claims avoid being ripped off or seduced by the promises of unscrupulous companies.

The latest tool the site offers consumers is a new free online game called Train 2 Claim that “trains” the player to become a better personal injury claimant. It involves the player’s character walking down a typical street with manhole covers and loose paving slabs, and having the ability to move to avoid these potential trip hazards. If you step on them, you’ll fall over, getting more and more injured the more times it happens. When the timer is up, you go and visit a compensation claims company to see how you’ve done. You then get a chance to try again, helping you learn what you need to do to get a bigger payout!

The game, and the supporting information can be found at:

www.claimsheaven.co.uk/games/train2claim.php

As well as being entertaining, it is intended to illustrate the problems in the personal industry claims market in the UK right now, and highlight the methods companies use that could potentially persuade people to make claims. The site is all about supporting legitimate claimants and helping people to understand the pitfalls and scams that exist in the UK claims industry, and aims to present its information through insightful, fun and interesting methods like this game.

Train 2 Claim is free to play through any popular internet browser, and users don’t need to submit any personal details to get access to the game, or any of the other information or games and resources on the site.

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